– Why is ASML’s technology so difficult to remake?

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One would expect that reverse engineering technologies wouldn’t be impossible.

The importance of these technologies for China is huge.

Moreover, they have a massive budget and probably also own a couple of ASML’s euv lithography machines.

Why is it that they cant remake these machines?

I heard some sources say that it might take them a decade.

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[ASML has acquired](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASML_Holding) every company that might have competed with it, and leaders in adjacent disciplines. So there’s a huge drop off in technology when choosing one ASML’s remaining competitors.

Nothing bad there, just an explanation for why they’re so far ahead.

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